Vizier-azem noun [ Arabic azam great. See Vizier .] A grand vizier. See under Vizier .

Vizierial adjective [ Confer French vizirial .] Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier. [ Written also vizirial .]

Vizir noun See Vizier .

Vizor noun See Visor .

Vlissmaki noun [ From the native name.] (Zoology) The diadem indris. See Indris .

Vocable noun [ Latin vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, from vocare to call, from vox , vocis , a voice, a word: confer French vocable . See Voice .] A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.

Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables .

Carlyle.

Vocabulary noun ; plural Vocabularies . [ Late Latin vocabularium , vocabularius : confer French vocabulaire . See Vocable .]
1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.

2. A sum or stock of words employed.

His vocabulary seems to have been no larger than was necessary for the transaction of business.

Macaulay.

Vocabulist noun [ Confer French vocabuliste .] The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.

Vocal adjective [ Latin vocalis , from vox , vocis , voice: confer French vocal . See Voice , and confer Vowel .]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
Made vocal by my song.

Milton.

2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer. " Vocal worship." Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, ...poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.

4. (Phon.) (a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v , l , etc., or by both, as in the nasals m , n , ng ; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice , and Vowel , also Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 199-202. (b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.

Vocal cords or chords . (Anat.) See Larynx , and the Note under Voice , noun , 1. -- Vocal fremitus [ Latin fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring] (Medicine) , the perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the voice. -- Vocal music , music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music ; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice. -- Vocal tube (Anat.) , the part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth.

Vocal noun [ Confer French vocal , Late Latin vocalis .]

1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal , and a nonvocal .

2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

Vocalic adjective [ Latin vocalis (sc. littera ) a vowel. See Vocal , adjective ] Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds. Earle.

The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic .

Sir W. Scott.

Vocalism noun
1. The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

2. A vocalic sound. [ R.]

Vocalist noun [ Confer French vocaliste .] A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist .

Vocality noun [ Confer Latin vocalitas euphony.]
1. The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.

2. The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Vocalization noun
1. The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.

Vocalize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Vocalized ; present participle & verbal noun Vocalizing .] [ Confer French vocaliser .]
1. To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone, another thing to vocalize that breath.

Holder.

2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds.

Vocally adverb
1. In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.

2. In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally .

Vocalness noun The quality of being vocal; vocality.

Vocation noun [ Latin vocatio a bidding, invitation, from vocare to call, from vox , vocis , voice: confer French vocation . See Vocal .]
1. A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

What can be urged for them who not having the vocation of poverty to scribble, out of mere wantonness make themselves ridiculous?

Dryden.

2. Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

He would think his service greatly rewarded, if he might obtain by that means to live in the sight of his prince, and yet practice his own chosen vocation .

Sir. P. Sidney.

3. (Theol.) A calling by the will of God. Specifically: --

(a) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel. "The golden chain of vocation , election, and justification." Jer. Taylor.

(b) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

Every member of the same [ the Church], in his vocation and ministry.

Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Vocative adjective [ Latin vocativus , from vocare to call.] Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.) , used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine , O Lord.

Vocative noun [ Latin vocativus (sc. casus ): confer French vocatif .] (Gram.) The vocative case.

Vociferance noun Vociferation; noise; clamor. [ R.] R. Browning.

Vociferant adjective [ Latin vociferans , present participle] Noisy; clamorous. Gauden. R. Browning.

Vociferate intransitive verb [ Latin vociferatus , past participle vociferari to vociferate; vox , vocis , voice + ferre to bear. See Voice , and Bear to carry.] To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor. Cowper.

Vociferate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Vociferated ; present participle & verbal noun Vociferating .] To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.

Though he may vociferate the word liberty.

V. Knox.

Vociferation noun [ Latin vociferatio : confer French vocifération .] The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant.

Spectator.

Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain.

Byron.

Vociferator noun One who vociferates, or is clamorous. [ R.]

Vociferous adjective [ Confer French vocifère .] Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds. -- Vo*cif"er*ous*ly , adverb -- Vo*cif"er*ous*ness , noun

Vocule noun [ Latin vocula , dim. of vox , vocis , voice.] (Phon.) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b . Rush. -- Voc"u*lar adjective

Vodanium noun [ New Latin ] (Old Chem.) A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.

Vodka noun [ Russian ] A Russian drink distilled from rye.

Voe noun [ Confer Icel ver sea, vöar a fenced-in landing place.] An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Jamieson.

Vogle noun (Mining) Same as Vugg .

Vogue noun [ French vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, Italian voga , from vogare to row, to sail; probably from Old High German wag...n to move, akin to English way . Confer Way .]
1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue .

One vogue , one vein,
One air of thoughts usurps my brain.

Herbert.

Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what ...... to be taught to their children in Westminster, in Eton, or in Winchester.

Burke.

Use may revive the obsoletest words,
And banish those that now are most in vogue .

Roscommon.

2. Influence; power; sway. [ Obsolete] Strype.

Voice noun [ Middle English vois , voys , Old French vois , voiz , French voix , Latin vox , vocis , akin to Greek ... a word, ... a voice, Sanskrit vac to say, to speak, G. er wähnen to mention. Confer Advocate , Advowson , Avouch , Convoke , Epic , Vocal , Vouch , Vowel .]
1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice ; a pleasant voice ; a low voice .

He with a manly voice saith his message.

Chaucer.

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman.

Shak.

Thy voice is music.

Shak.

Join thy voice unto the angel choir.

Milton.

2. (Phon.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b , v , d , etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f , s , sh , etc., and also whisper .

» Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the so-called vocal cords in the larynx (see Illust. of Larynx ) which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power , or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome. Its pitch depends on the number of aërial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession. See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 5, 146, 155.

3. The tone or sound emitted by anything.

After the fire a still small voice .

1 Kings xix. 12.

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Job xl. 9.

The floods have lifted up their voice .

Ps. xciii. 3.

O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart
Leaps at the trumpet's voice .

Addison.

4. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice .

5. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.

I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you.

Gal. iv. 20.

My voice is in my sword.

Shak.

Let us call on God in the voice of his church.

Bp. Fell.

6. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.

Sic . How now, my masters! have you chose this man?
1 Cit . He has our voices , sir.

Shak.

Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice
Of holy senates, and elect by voice .

Dryden.

7. Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.

So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.

Deut. viii. 20.

8. One who speaks; a speaker. "A potent voice of Parliament." Tennyson.

9. (Gram.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Active voice (Gram.) , that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it. -- Chest voice (Phon.) , a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other. -- Head voice (Phon.) , a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other. -- Middle voice (Gram.) , that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage. -- Passive voice . (Gram.) See under Passive , adjective -- Voice glide (Pron.) , the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able (a"b'l). See Glide , noun , 2. -- Voice stop . See Voiced stop , under Voiced , adjective -- With one voice , unanimously. "All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians." Acts xix. 34.

Voice transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Voiced ; present participle & verbal noun Voicing .]
1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation. "Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges." Bacon.

It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet.

Bacon.

2. (Phon.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

3. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

4. To vote; to elect; to appoint. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Voice intransitive verb To clamor; to cry out. [ Obsolete] South.

Voiced adjective
1. Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.

2. (Phon.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.

Voiced stop , Voice stop (Phon.) , a stopped consonant made with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b , d , g hard.

Voiceful adjective Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.

Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey
Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea.

Coleridge.

Voiceless adjective
1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.

I live and die unheard,
With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.

Byron.

2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.

Voiceless stop (Phon.) , a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p , t , k .

-- Voice"less*ly , adverb -- Voice"less*ness , noun

Void adjective [ Middle English voide , Old French voit , voide , vuit , vuide , French vide , from (assumed) Late Latin vocitus , from Latin vocare , an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Confer Vacant , Avoid .]
1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

The earth was without form, and void .

Gen. i. 2.

I 'll get me to a place more void .

Shak.

I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
I may run over the story of his country.

Massinger.

2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

Divers great offices that had been long void .

Camden.

3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. Milton.

A conscience void of offense toward God.

Acts xxiv. 16.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.

Prov. xi. 12.

4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

[ My word] shall not return to me void , but it shall accomplish that which I please.

Isa. lv. 11.

I will make void the counsel of Judah.

Jer. xix. 7.

5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." Pope.

6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Confer Voidable , 2.

Void space (Physics) , a vacuum.

Syn. -- Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.

Void noun An empty space; a vacuum.

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,
And fills up all the mighty void of sense.

Pope.

Void transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Voided ; present participle & verbal noun Voiding .] [ Old French voidier , vuidier . See Void , adjective ]
1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.

Void anon her place.

Chaucer.

If they will fight with us, bid them come down,
Or void the field.

Shak.

2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.

A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.

Barrow.

With shovel, like a fury, voided out
The earth and scattered bones.

J. Webster.

3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.

After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.

Bp. Burnet.

It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.

Clarendon.

Void intransitive verb To be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.

Voidable adjective
1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.

If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence.

Ayliffe.

» A voidable contract may be ratified and confirmed; to render it null and of no effect, it must be avoided ; a void contract can not be ratified.

Voidance noun
1. The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

2. (Eccl.) A ejection from a benefice.

3. The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.

4. Evasion; subterfuge. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Voided adjective
1. Emptied; evacuated.

2. Annulled; invalidated.

3. (Her.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.

Voider noun
1. One who, or that which, voids, ...mpties, vacates, or annuls.

2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.

Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voider .

Decker.

The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider , wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head.

Hist. of Richard Hainam.

3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal. [ R.] Decker.

4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.

Voiding noun
1. The act of one who, or that which, v...ids. Bp. Hall.

2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment. [ R.] Rowe.

Voiding knife , a knife used for gathering up fragments of food to put them into a voider.

Voiding adjective Receiving what is ejected or voided. "How in our voiding lobby hast thou stood?" Shak.